How AI pool design works: describe a pool in a sentence

Short answer. AI pool design turns a sentence into a plan. In PoolSketch you type or say what the customer wants, in any language. A language model returns a short design specification, and the app checks it and builds ordinary, editable pieces from it in about 3 seconds. It costs 1 AI credit and arrives as a new Option.

What happens when you describe a pool?

The steps below take about three minutes, and most of that is checking the result.

Draw or import the site. If you have the survey, import it, set the scale from one known length and trace the house, fence and no-build zones. The new design will fit that yard. With no survey, start from a blank yard.
Open Describe your pool. Tap New design, then Describe your pool, or open More tools in the editor and choose it.
Write or say the brief. Name the pool shape and size, the features around it and the planting, for example a 32 by 16 ft rectangle pool with a tanning ledge, steps, a raised spa and a travertine deck.
Tap Create the plan. The design appears in about 3 seconds as a new Option, with a list of what was placed and anything that could not be.
Edit it or ask for a change. Drag, resize or delete any piece, or type a change such as "make the pool bigger and add a pergola". Each change is a new Option and one undo takes it back.

Describe your pool needs a connection, because the description is turned into a design by an AI language model. Everything after that, editing, 3D and the PDF, works offline like the rest of the app.

Why does the AI not just draw the pool?

A language model is good at understanding a sentence and poor at placing objects to scale. So the model is never asked for coordinates. It gets the list of every template in the library and answers with a short specification: the pool shape, sizes, depths, finish, coping, tile, deck, fences and gates, features, planting style, time of day and north.

The app validates the specification: unknown template names are dropped and listed, and numbers are limited to sensible ranges.
A fixed, on-device compiler turns it into the same pieces you would place by hand, with snapping, clearances, a deck ring, doors, fences and gates, and the existing landscape generator for planting.
If a piece does not fit, the pool is made smaller or the piece is listed as "could not place", rather than failing quietly.

Because of this design, a strange or hostile description can only ever produce a validated specification, never new instructions for the app.

What makes a good description?

Shape and size: "kidney pool about 30 feet long" or "L-shaped pool wrapping around the patio".
What goes around it: spa, waterfall, ledge, steps, pergola, outdoor kitchen, fire pit, fence and gate, palms or hedges.
The mood, if the customer cannot say the shape: "something relaxing for kids and grandparents, nothing too deep".
Any language. The description can be in Spanish, French, Arabic or another language; the plan comes back in the app's language.

Leave out the customer's name and address. The text is sent to the AI service.

What does it cost?

Each design uses 1 AI credit, taken when you tap Create the plan and refunded automatically if no valid design comes back. Core has 3 one-time trial credits, Pro has 100 a month and Team has 500 pooled a month, with top-up packs. AI use is capped during a free trial. See Pricing and the AI page.

Where does AI pool design stop?

The result is a starting point. It does not know your city's rules, your soil, your access or your prices.
It places real library pieces to scale and checks them against the house and zones you drew, but you still review the plan and verify dimensions on site.
It does not yet place a second pool in one design, and it does not read the survey picture itself. Set the scale on the survey so the sizes come out real.
PoolSketch makes concept sketches, not construction drawings.

Common questions

How long does it take to describe a pool?

About 3 seconds in our live tests, plus the time to type or say the description.

Does it replace my existing plan?

No. When the plan already has content, the design is added as a new Option, so the earlier plan is untouched, and one undo removes it.

Can I describe the pool in Spanish or another language?

Yes. You can describe the pool in any language, and the app itself is available in 21 languages.

Are my survey picture and customer details sent to the AI?

No. Describe your pool sends the text you typed, a summary of the design when you ask for a change and a few site facts such as lot size. It sends no pictures, and customer names and addresses should be left out of the description.

What if it does not work?

The credit is refunded and you are told so. Try describing the pool a little differently.

Describe a pool in a sentence: how AI pool design works